The 2001 Clarion Sandown 500 was a motor race for production-based Nations Cup cars and GT Production cars. The race, which was the 34th

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on 16 September 2001. It was the first

held since

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when it was contested by

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. The race was won by John Bowe and Tom Waring driving a

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for Prancing Horse Racing.

Classes

Cars competed in four classes: * Nations Cup * GT Production Class A * GT Production Class B * GT Production Class C

Budweiser Top Gun Challenge

After qualifying was completed the fastest ten cars competed in a one-lap runoff for the top ten grid positions. Runoff results as follows:

Official results

Cars failing to complete 75% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC). Race results as follows:

Statistics

* Provisional Pole Position - #666 Paul Stokell - 1:16.4012 * Pole Position - #43 Jim Richards - 1:16.9760 * Fastest Lap - #7 D'arcy Russell - 1:17.7024 * Race Average Speed - 143.22 km/h

References

External links

2001 Sandown 500, www.youtube.comImages from the 2001 Clarion Sandown 500
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